| Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
| 1 | 660 BC | Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. | The Peanuts | O-edo Nihon Ba Shi | Folk Songs |
| 2 | 1752 | Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened byBenjamin Franklin. | Conor Oberst | I Don't Want to Die (in the Hospital) | Conor Oberst |
| 3 | 1790 | Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congressfor abolition of slavery. | Side by Side | Friends | You're Only Young Once |
| 4 | 1812 | Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time. | Shai Hulud | Outside the Boundaries of a Friend | Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion |
| 5 | 1916 | Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control. | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Y Control | Fever to Tell |
| 6 | 1938 | BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction televisionprogram, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot". | Calexico | Attack El Robot! Attack! | A Feast of Wire |
| 7 | 1941 | The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". | Glen Miller Orchestra | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Golden Hits |
(Historical facts about February 11 are from Wikipedia.)
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